Improvement in stilts



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LEWIs'A. Knvnsnnmz,vl Lor HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. i

Letters Patent No. 96,443, dated November 2, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known thatl, LEWIS A. KIMBEnL-y, of New Haven, in the county ot' New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented'a new and useful Improve-' lne-nt in Stilts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description .of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a side view ot' my` improved stilt.

Figure 2 is a rear view,vs`howing the manner of fast,

ening the step. v

My invention relates to an improvement in stilts, and consists in making the step or foot-piece insu-h Aa manner that it may be easily adjusted to any height The advantage ot' my invention is, that the step is made much lighter, morev easily adjusted, and is cheaper than those hitherto used in this way.

'.lo enable otlirs skilled in the art to make and use The outer portion ot' the upper socket C is centrally parted lengthwise of the stati'.

Each portion is provided with an ear, a a, through both of which a set-screw, b, is passed, by which the two parts are drawn together, thus causing the socket to grasp the staii, and nrevent the step from slidingl therefrom, and -firmly holding it in the propel' posttion.

When this position is altered, the set-screw is loosened, and the spring of the metal loosens the socket,

and tbe step can be forced either up or down thel statt',

as tbc. ease may require, and fastened in the manner above stated atany given point thereon, the entire length of the sta.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A As a. new article ofmanufacture, tbe.st ilt, havingr an adjustable step, made in the form, and operated'u the manuel' substantially as herein shown and de.- scrihed. v

This specification signed and witnessed, this 11th day ot'September, 1869.

- LElVIS A. KIMBERLY.

Witnesses:

FRANK Pnnsoorr, E. S. TiloMrsoN. 

